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I’m Tech Support
This is an exercise in mirror reading. There is no social group for me. I’m an alien in virtually every human context, in part because I am “not of this world” (Romans 12:2) — Even among my fellow Christians, I … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged epistemology, ministry, mission, mysticism, philosophy, psychology, social context, spirituality, tech support, technology, virtual world
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GUI Races (Updated)
I’m watching. The current trend in computer user interface is racing up a dead end street. I could be entirely wrong about this, but we’ll see. I am certain the current leadership in development projects are almost uniformly stupid about … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged computers, culture, economics, eldercraft, linux, marketing, psychology, technology, windows
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Death of the Internet Revisited
This builds on a previous blog post, Death of the Internet? The surge in smartphone and tablet computing is not entirely consumer directed. It is in part the result of long hopes and dreams held by plutocrats everywhere. The Internet, … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, culture, gospel, oppression, propaganda, resistance, social sciences, spirituality, technology, XFCE
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VMs: Best of Both Worlds
I admit it: I really get more work done on Windows 7, so that’s what I run on my primary machines. The integration with the hardware simply cannot be matched in Linux and it’s almost boring how things keep working … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, computers, Debian Wheezy, linux, technology, VMWare Player, windows
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Death of the Internet?
What will an Internet Pastor do when there’s no Internet? So we have yet another prognostication that the end of the Internet is nigh. Of course, as with all things future, we can see some of the current trends, but … Continue reading
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Tagged civilization, computers, current trends, end of the Internet, internet, Internet Pastor, spirituality, technology
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Tool Shed 6
Despite my years of tinkering with Linux, I find the printing framework (CUPS) still lags what you can get on Windows or Mac. Most people might never notice the difference, but when I need something out of the ordinary, I … Continue reading
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Tagged browsers, compsec, computers, CUPS, linux, technology, windows, writing
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AI Predicting Mass Behavior
You’ve probably seen a movie or two in which the hook was using artificial intelligence (AI) to collate data on mass human behavior and predict how populations and even governments will react to various threats, etc. You’d have to be … Continue reading
Posted in globalism
Tagged artificial intelligence, civilization, computers, government, psychology, technology, war
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Reminiscing on Linux
I’ve been reading Unix in a Nutshell. I can’t remember where I got it, but it was probably at Half Price Books. That “nutshell” business is a joke; the book in paperback is nearly 2 inches thick. This makes my … Continue reading
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Tagged compsec, computers, internet, linux, Linux distros, Red Hat, redhat, technology
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Some Gifts Here
Merry Christmas. On the one hand, I would gladly suffer just about anything I can imagine if more people could see what I see in terms of moral truth. On the other hand, much of the moral power rests on … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged advertising, browsers, civilization, computers, epistemology, google, internet, mysticism, philosophy, spirituality, technology
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